Maxey has a nice looking shot too - it looks so smooth.  

Joel and Maxey had another joint PC last night,  and he told Maxey he was excellent,  and that's how you respond to criticism. 

 

29 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Joel and Maxey had another joint PC last night,  and he told Maxey he was excellent,  and that's how you respond to criticism. 

 

Exactly.  Gotta be able to shoot straight from both sides if you want your criticisms to hold water and not come off as gratuitous slander.

46 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:

Maxey has a nice looking shot too - it looks so smooth.  

Dude was on fire with that corner 3.  Looked like it was going in right off his hands.

You can tell his confidence is rising too.  He has attempted a few 3 pointers that are 3 feet behind the line.  That means he is putting the work in.  Once he can find the exact formula for playing with Embiid, it's going to be so much fun to watch.  Meanwhile, we have "I'm a fn all-star" who just drags this team down.

16 hours ago, DaEagles4Life said:

 

 

I love it, but man Embiid is the fakest "tough guy".  Dude always backs down.  I'd love for him to get right back into Durants face and not laugh about it.  He's so much bigger and stronger than most players.  Yet whenever there is an altercation, he seems afraid of what it might lead to.  

 

 

I agree, that they better be able to back it up the next time they play.  Because we know, Durant will.  

1 hour ago, Khani1 said:

You can tell his confidence is rising too.  He has attempted a few 3 pointers that are 3 feet behind the line.  That means he is putting the work in.  Once he can find the exact formula for playing with Embiid, it's going to be so much fun to watch.  Meanwhile, we have "I'm a fn all-star" who just drags this team down.

I really like that him and Embiid have been doing those joint press conferencs after games, and laughing it up. Thats how Joel and Jimmy were. Really fun duo to watch goof around together after games. 

Seeing that relationship grow between Embiid and Maxey means Maxey will be growing more comfortable with him- and in turn- not deferring quite as much in games. And, Embiid has previously stated that he tries to tell Maxey to attack. So, Embiid has told him that. Now theyre getting to be great friends. It should help Maxey play loose, and just play. Rather than deferring all the time. 

14 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

I love it, but man Embiid is the fakest "tough guy".  Dude always backs down.  I'd love for him to get right back into Durants face and not laugh about it.  He's so much bigger and stronger than most players.  Yet whenever there is an altercation, he seems afraid of what it might lead to.  

 

 

I agree, that they better be able to back it up the next time they play.  Because we know, Durant will.  

I think Embiid is strategic with backing off. He knows how to go right up to the limit, and then back off so that the other player gets the technical, or suspension, or whatever. See the other night with Harrell. 

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, HazletonEagle said:

I think Embiid is strategic with backing off. He knows how to go right up to the limit, and then back off so that the other player gets the technical, or suspension, or whatever. See the other night with Harrell. 

He’s always been like that.  He’s always been soft.  

16 hours ago, Gannan said:

The rotations were even more baffling and flat out bizarre defensive matchups, Kork was guarding Durant at one point. And he still did the annoying Toe-bias and 4 bench guys thing.

Yeah difference is down the stretch they didn’t shrivel up and die like usual with doc. 

 

 

I'm giving Morey until the trade deadline to deal Simmons.  If a trade doesn't happen and he essentially wastes an MVP type season from Embiid, I'm going to be pissed. 

But until the deadline I'm just going to assume he's looking to get maximum value for Simmons.  Hopefully as the deadline approaches someone is willing to make a deal.  Anything with the Celtics would be weird, but whatever. 

2 hours ago, Dave Moss said:

I'm giving Morey until the trade deadline to deal Simmons.  If a trade doesn't happen and he essentially wastes an MVP type season from Embiid, I'm going to be pissed. 

But until the deadline I'm just going to assume he's looking to get maximum value for Simmons.  Hopefully as the deadline approaches someone is willing to make a deal.  Anything with the Celtics would be weird, but whatever. 

As the deadline approaches, teams should lower their offers. Hes waiting, the 6ers are close to .500 and like 6-7th seed. At this point, they should be more desperate to do a deal and not waste this season. Teams have more leverage now. 

He wont get better than the Brogdon offer, or the Detroit offer. Brogdon is now off the table. He may need to take the Detroit offer or else he will have egg on his face. But, he wont. And he wont care because he thinks he is looking brilliant right now. 

I guess Fat Joe is doing a live stream giving out awards for the new year. Ben Simmons won one.

 

34 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Hes waiting, the 6ers are close to .500 and like 6-7th seed.

So what, we were the #1 seed last year.  Does it really matter if you have home court if you are not good enough?

Just now, Khani1 said:

So what, we were the #1 seed last year.  Does it really matter if you have home court if you are not good enough?

Its something to strive for, and anything less is a disappointment for the 76ers at this point in their trajectory. All NBA teams know that. So, its leverage for them, and bad for the 6ers in trade negotiations.

1 minute ago, HazletonEagle said:

Its something to strive for, and anything less is a disappointment for the 76ers at this point in their trajectory. All NBA teams know that. So, its leverage for them, and bad for the 6ers in trade negotiations.

No, a disappointment would be not getting to Conference Finals, which we are not getting to.  So what is the rush to trade Ben for pennys on the dollar?  If the value is the lowest as you say, why not wait longer if need be?

6 minutes ago, Khani1 said:

No, a disappointment would be not getting to Conference Finals, which we are not getting to.  So what is the rush to trade Ben for pennys on the dollar?  If the value is the lowest as you say, why not wait longer if need be?

Trade deadline is in February. Conference finals are a few months after that. Its not something teams can use against the 6ers months before it happens. They can use the projected seeding right now. And its clear the 6ers are not nearly where they want to be. Thats a bad result for the 6ers which puts them in a position where, they should be feeling pressure to move Simmons to get some value out of the empty max contract slot they are paying. 

Waiting has already damaged the value. It was at a new high in the first few weeks of the season where this short handed team was crushing hot starting Bulls teams, and such, without Simmons. At that point we could have said- see? We arent desperate. We are still in great shape. Bring us your best offers. We feel no rush. Instead, we passed on any/all offers, and we are not in a disappointing position and the value theoretically should be lower now.  And waiting accomplishes.... nothing. Because its not gonna go back up. It was clear way back then. I dont know how people dont get it now. 

5 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Trade deadline is in February. Conference finals are a few months after that. Its not something teams can use against the 6ers months before it happens. They can use the projected seeding right now. And its clear the 6ers are not nearly where they want to be. Thats a bad result for the 6ers which puts them in a position where, they should be feeling pressure to move Simmons to get some value out of the empty max contract slot they are paying. 

Waiting has already damaged the value. It was at a new high in the first few weeks of the season where this short handed team was crushing hot starting Bulls teams, and such, without Simmons. At that point we could have said- see? We arent desperate. We are still in great shape. Bring us your best offers. We feel no rush. Instead, we passed on any/all offers, and we are not in a disappointing position and the value theoretically should be lower now.  And waiting accomplishes.... nothing. Because its not gonna go back up. It was clear way back then. I dont know how people dont get it now. 

What the f are you saying?  It's a lot of words but you sound like Mark Jackson calling the game.

3 minutes ago, Khani1 said:

What the f are you saying?  It's a lot of words but you sound like Mark Jackson calling the game.

its called common sense. and understanding chronology of events.